Big tech fails to opt-out users requesting not to be tracked much of the time, new research says

A set of privacy, cybercrime and policy developments: a webXray audit of California web traffic found 194 advertising services ignoring standard opt-out signals; a long-running ‘JanaWare’ ransomware campaign continues to target Turkish victims with locale and IP-based execution restrictions; Virginia passed a law banning sale of precise geolocation data within a 1,750-foot radius to restrict data brokers; Russia appears to have added Bluesky to its blocked websites list amid broader internet restrictions; and research shows most Australian 12–15 year olds still access social media despite a儿童/